Rumors & Notes: 3/16/17

TOP STORIES

• Charleston Chosen as “The South’s Best City of 2017” (HCS).
  • Several Businesses Included in “The South’s Best” Awards (HCS).
• Bloody fingerprint leads to murder charge in Goose Creek murder case (ABC News 4).
• Officer’s lawyers want to limit what prosecutors say to jury (ABC News 4).
• 5 students injured in school bus accident (ABC News 4).
  • Driver who rear-ended school bus charged in crash that sent 7 to hospital (Live 5 News).
• Debbie Antonelli of Mount Pleasant to call NCAA tournament games (ABC News 4).
  • First woman to call an NCAA Tournament game in over two decades.
• Reports: Mt. Pleasant man used shotgun ammo to kill wife (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Bay Street Biergarten Hosts the Beyoncé Brunch (HCS).
• Drink green Gamechangers and more this St. Patrick’s Day around Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Friends of the Library and Bay Street Biergarten Bring Back “Books for Beer”! (HCS).
• After suffering a medical crisis, Jeff Butler reopens the ‘Wich Doctor today (Charleston City Paper).
  • The ‘Wich Doctor Makes Triumphant Return (Eater Charleston).
• Eat Local Month & the Eat Local Challenge Start on April 1st (HCS).
• John Lewis’ Tex Mex Eatery Moves Closer To Opening, Gets A Name (Eater Charleston).
• The Codfather unleashes his next concept: Port City Pie Factory (Charleston City Paper).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Tommy and Billy Hall of Halls Chophouse (HCS).
• ALDI to open first Mount Pleasant store (News 2).
• From apple tastings to French cooking lessons, three local organizations are determined to help kids eat well (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston area chefs jumping on super-early strawberries (Post & Courier).
• Blueberry farmers hopeful crop survived the cold (ABC News 4).
• Palmetto Brewing Hosts the Bridge Run Brew Bash on 4/1 (HCS).
• Yuichiro “Junior” Takebata Joins Charleston Miyabi (Eater Charleston).
• We shopped at Mt. Pleasant’s new ALDI grocery store so you don’t have to (Charleston City Paper).
• The Pickle Recipe is sweeter than critics say (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Taking a closer look at this year’s Terrace Charleston Film Festival (Charleston City Paper).
• “Megan Leavey” Trailer Released; Portion of Movie Was Filmed in Charleston (HCS).
• Two-Day Bluegrass Festival to Be Held in Middleton Place Woodlands (HCS).
• Tin Roof hosts a free screening of Ava DuVernay’s Oscar nominated documentary, 13th (Charleston City Paper).
• Talking fantasy fashion and creative transformation with a Charleston cosplayer (Charleston City Paper).
• Shovels & Rope announce Low Tide Social: a High Water Fest kickoff party (Charleston City Paper).
• NCAA Notes: HB2 questions follow North Carolina, Duke to Palmetto State (Post & Courier).
• As Charleston celebrates official Day of Puppetry, take a look back at ventriloquists past (Charleston City Paper).
• Piano-pop artist David Higgins talks songwriting and touring on a budget with Chicago’s Robert Lamm (Charleston City Paper).
• Tickets still available for Ibu runway show and talk by Ali MacGraw on April 26 (Charleston City Paper).
• Citadel baseball team routs Winthrop, 34-8 (ABC News 4).
• Aziz Ansari announces season 2 premiere for Master of None  (Charleston City Paper).
• Heading West: No. 1 seed Gamecocks top Stockton Regional (ABC News 4).
  • South Carolina’s Coates to miss NCAA Tournament with injury (ABC News 4).
• Freddy Cole, brother of Nat, considered storyteller in jazz (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Battery sign midfield duo (ABC News 4).
• Director of Sophie and the Rising Sun says thanks to McClellanville with festival screening (Charleston City Paper).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS/OPINION

• South Carolina congressman Mark Sanford votes against House GOP health care bill (Post & Courier).
• Teacher works with local bike shop to give hundreds of students bikes (News 2).
• Evolving Southern culture beyond the Stars and Bars (Charleston City Paper).
• With federal investigations ongoing, Charleston is not immune to anti-Semitic threats (Charleston City Paper).
• Sullivan’s Island Police Chief resigns (Live 5 News).
• Public college textbook policy legislation advances in SC Senate (SC Radio Network).
• UN Ambassador Nikki Haley talks tough on Russia, but not Trump in ‘Today’ show interview (Post & Courier).
  • Nikki Haley has tweeted about ‘The Americans’ twice since joining Donald Trump’s cabinet (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston announces listening sessions on short-term rentals (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston neighborhood sees promise in future playground (Live 5 News).
• Plan to renovate North Charleston’s former Chicora Elementary on hold (Post & Courier).
• Will South Carolina ever get the green light on medical marijuana? (Live 5 News).
• Berkeley County School District to hold Bright Ideas Expo (News 2).
• James Island to decide future of town’s murals (Live 5 News).

MISC

• Downtown Charleston to say goodbye to another longtime retailer; two new shops moving in (Post & Courier).
  • Upper King Street Development Turning Over (News 2).
• T-shirts now on sale to support March for Science Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
• Realigned road, new parking deck part of $133.7M plan for Charleston airport (Post & Courier).
• Missing Charleston woman last seen in downtown located, police say (Live 5 News).
• Grand jury indicts Ladson man charged in fentanyl bust (ABC News 4).
• Crews clear car fire on I-526 Eastbound between Rivers, N. Rhett (Live 5 News).
• Owner of North Charleston pulls his own gun when robbers arrived (News 2).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Vince Graham (HCS).
• Tiger Lily Donates $1,800 from Charity in Bloom to Chase After a Cure (CRBJ BizWire).
• Carolina Children’s Charity donates bikes to special needs brothers (News 2).
• Charleston man gets 25 year prison sentence for sexual assault of minors (ABC News 4).
• Let’s Celebrate Women (Yelp Charleston).
• Police: Man steals $2,700 in coins from bowling alley (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston business owners disappear after Hurricane Matthew (News 2).
• 2 sent to hospital after house fire, crews have to revisit as hot spots flare up (ABC news 4).

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